Vital statistics clearly indicate that the fertility rate in East Germany dropped sharply after German unification; moreover, it has not yet rebounded but remains stable at a low level. This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to examine births in the former German...

Das Thema "Kinderlosigkeit" wurde im letzten Jahr immer wieder im Zusammenhang mit einer statistischen Angabe diskutiert: Danach bleiben gegenwärtig etwa 40 % der Akademikerinnen in Deutschland kinderlos. Aktuelle Analysen weisen jedoch darauf hin, dass der Anteil kinderloser...

Vital statistics clearly indicate that the fertility rate in East Germany dropped sharply after German unification; moreover, it has not yet rebounded but remains stable at a low level. This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to examine births in the former German...